Spotted Elk
Native American leader · United States · On the map · Lived 1826 to 1890 · aged 64
Spotted Elk was a Chief of the Miniconjou-Lakota-Sioux. He was a son of Lone Horn and became a Chief upon his father's death. He was a highly renowned Chief with skills in war and negotiations.
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Spotted Elk was also referred to as "Big Foot” Sí Tȟáŋk), a derisive name he obtained from an American soldier at Fort Bennett . In 1890, Spotted Elk was killed by the U.S. Army at Wounded Knee Creek, Pine Ridge Indian Reservation , South Dakota with at least 150 members of his tribe, during the infamous Wounded Knee Massacre.